Great House

Great House
He read to us
In the evenings
By the window
Thunder
My mother
Where does she go?
A small wooden house
Like a castle
By the water
We ran the halls
Through the echoes
Of each other

I said farewell
But I never leave
I said farewell
But I never leave
I knew her
Through the veils
Like a myth
On her lookout
I saw her cry
Like a secret
An ember
In his pocket
He didn't know it
It was winter
When the house burned to the ground
I said farewell
But I never leave
I said farewell
But I never leave
I never leave
En esta hermosa canción de Vanessa Carlton, nos sumerge en un recuerdo nostálgico y emotivo de la vida en una pequeña casa de madera junto al agua. El narrador recuerda los momentos tranquilos en los que su madre les leía junto a la ventana mientras afuera resonaba el trueno, y se pregunta a dónde habrá ido su madre...